Comments on: The Last Summer Holiday You’ll Need?

By: Introducing The Two-Week Work Detox Series | A Different Kind of Work

Introducing The Two-Week Work Detox Series | A Different Kind of Work — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:07:51 +0000

[...] Series Written on August 2, 2010 0 Comments – Have your say – leave a comment! Like I said in The Last Summer Holiday You’ll Need, a lot of people around me are frazzled right now, and ready for a [...]

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:30:45 +0000

Thanks for the thoughtful comment, Ben. I hadn’t come across that Jack Canfield advice, but it’s pretty good. Your point about how we do ourselves out of time off because of how we schedule our time is pretty accurate. Another thing that prompts me to consider is that some people set completely unrealistic goals and ambitions for themselves and then push themselves like crazy, attempting to achieve them. While I completely endorse goal focused living, it’s missing the point if attempting to achieve it is day by day killing you body and soul.

Your point about drinking reminded me of a documentary I saw on TV some time back, which was showing how weekends of binge drinking were obliterating the experience of boring weekday jobs. All of this is deeply sad. For me, the saddest part is that people have choice but get caught up in systems that they think are “just the way it is”.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:26:16 +0000

In The Success Principles Jack Canfield recommends 140 R&R days a year which includes a minimum of 1 two week break a year. Many of us I believe never get near this kind of number.

Personal I believe it’s because of how we schedule our time when we’re at work. Too many of us fill our days full of activities that don’t allow to complete or ship on time. Because of that we will that we’re always chasing our tails and then need 2 weeks off to recover, with an increasing number of young people from the world of work turn to drinking to help that recovery while in the sun.

If we can become more productive we can find it leaves us with more down time and so we can enjoy the rest days and holidays a lot lot more.
.-= Ben´s last blog ..Friday’s Homework – It’s all in the video =-.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:16:59 +0000

Reminds me indeed of that conversation we had at a different point about people living for weekends, holidays, retiral…. Sad. But, as you say, when you choose to do work you love, holidays are indeed more about the experience.

Great to see you and have a fabulous weekend yourself!

By: Adrian Swinscoe

Adrian Swinscoe — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:26:24 +0000

Hi Christine,
I agree with Joshua that when you find something that you love to do then the need for holidays is less about rest but more about experience.

Have a great weekend,

Adrian
.-= Adrian Swinscoe´s last blog ..The 7links Challenge – A Look Back at The Last Few Months =-.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:59:06 +0000

Entrepreneurship is certainly one way of creating the kind of life where you can both do what you love and embrace the kind of attitude to holidays that I endorse here. Still, you’d be amazed by how many entrepreneurs have the same black and white approach to life and work irrespective of the fact they are now the boss. Good job they’ve got folks like yourself to help free them from the tyranny of being so tied to their businesses that they don’t dare leave it, and start to actually enjoy what they do.

By: Joshua Black | The Underdog Millionaire

Joshua Black | The Underdog Millionaire — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:18:42 +0000

I think that the perfect solution to the post-holiday blues is to create a life situation where you are already doing something that you love EVERY DAY.

This is why I appreciate entrepreneurship so much. When you work for yourself, you no longer have to wait until that next holiday. Every day that you are face-first in your work doesn’t feel like work at all.

It’s no longer a “job,” it’s your “work,” what makes you who you are. Then, on top of it, if you design your business correctly you can take a holiday whenever you want, instead of when you boss allows it.

-Joshua Black
The Underdog Millionaire
.-= Joshua Black | The Underdog Millionaire´s last blog ..Lesson From US Government Shows That Traditional Product Launches Are Bad For Business =-.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:49:30 +0000

Ugh! I know exactly what you mean, Marion.

Such a waste of a life – and yes, indeed, coaching certainly could have helped your former colleagues hugely. Always assuming they’d have been up for it, of course!

Thanks for your comment.

By: Marion Anderson

Marion Anderson — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:37:04 +0000

Hi Christine

Your post reminded me of watching the amount of effort put in by former colleagues to ensure that their desk was tidy before they went on holiday. It could involve many long late nights.

Two weeks later they would arrive back at work after their holiday, tanned and refreshed. By mid week the tan had gone and by Friday they felt as if they had never been away.

What coaching could have done for them would have been amazing.
.-= Marion Anderson´s last blog ..My First Blogging Report Card =-.

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:30:06 +0000

Thanks for your thoughtful comment, Jen. I’m so happy to hear that you’re having a year where you don’t “need” a holiday. Not to say you don’t take them, but it’s not from a place of needing to escape. I don’t know about you, but being in that place actually allows holidays to feel like a completely different experience too. You can pay attention to where you are and what you do with more presence and ironically although you don’t “need” it, it’s probably even more refreshing!